Spy shots: 09/10 Acura/Honda NSX

[vexor]

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- Edmunds.com & Autoblog.com

[Pokiou]

that is an s2000.

[vexor]

that is an s2000.

that's what they want you to think

[TNT]

that is a heavy heavy test mule, if that is evening going to be a NSX in two years. they have a lot of work. but the extended cabin could be a mid-engine? :?: :? :mrgreen:

[chest3r]

Funny S2000! :D

[gigdy]

they tried so hard to hide it. So why couldnt then bend the tail pipe down a little?

[obdr]

hehe, looks almost like an Rx8 from that angle!!!

Speaking of which....I saw the "next" s2000....ugly, and another weak engine. The current car is great but for the underwhelming engine. All they need to do is make it just a smidge bigger, change the engine to a turbo V-6, and call it the S-6000 turbo and make it a direct competitor to the 350z.

[vexor]

Some more from the Nurburgring


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- LeftLaneNews.com

[dutchmasterflex]

Long wheel base S2000? :lol:

Any word from spotters if this makes the high pitched sounds of an electric motor?

[Vansquish]

I suppose it's certainly possible that this is the next NSX with another MR layout...however, one would expect some extra cooling ductwork to feed a rear-mid-mounted engine, not just an extended cabin....

[Pokiou]

^^ excatly i think this is just a HARD top version. OR a new s2008 thats wider longer cause even i as a small man with a gut cant get in the car propperly. :(

my mate thats 189cm tall could NOT sit in teh car propperly and me 172 .. imagine that.

[vexor]

^^ no this really is the NSX

some info from LeftLaneNews.com

After an arduous day of preparation, Honda engineers have finally hit the race track in their mule for the next NSX. Seeing this prototype in the light of day reveals proportions consistent with Acura's Advanced Sports Car Concept, which debuted at the '07 North American International Auto show.

The S2000-based body panels used on this mule don't exactly correspond to the show car, but it may tell us of the direction Acura is traveling with the next NSX.

First of all, the stacked exhaust set-up on this mule looks similar to the placement on the concept. The mule's large central air-intake at the front suggests that the production NSX may veer away from the styling of the concept, which had a smoother nose with air-intakes mounted wide on the front bumper. Given the lukewarm reception given to the most recent NSX concept, the design transition from concept to production was expected to involve marked styling changes.

The expansive hood on this mule definitely looks large enough to handle a V-8 or V-10 engine.

[Pokiou]

Ill be a monkeys arse !!! :S

[franck bullitt]

that is an s2000.

that's what they want you to think

+1.... look at the very low back :wink: